Spike Detail on the Oregon Trunk

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Tuesday was a good day for a hike in the Deschutes canyon. A southbound came rumbling by before I could get to a good vantage point. I wasn’t able to get a shot of the head end power, but I managed get a couple of the DPUs.

Pictures from #3 onwards are cropped from larger frames, so the quality isn’t quite up to par.

1) Leading DPU
2) DPUs providing a shove. The exhaust stream from the head end can be seen in the distance.
3,4) About a half an hour later, a MOW rig came rolling around the curve and passed below my viewpoint.

 

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5) He stopped below my vantage point and began loading spikes into the box.
6,7,8) Quite a magnet on that boom.

 

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9,10) Finishing up the first pile.
11,12) The next stop.